OpenStreetMap (OSM) Protocolbuffer Binary Format (PBF) Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

OSMPBF

Reader/Writer

Reader

Licensing Level

Professional and above

Dependencies

None

Dataset Type

File

Feature Type

Element Type

Typical File Extensions

.osm.pbf

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

No

Coordinate System Support

Yes

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

No

Schema Required

Yes

Transaction Support

No

Encoding Support Yes

Geometry Type

osmpbf_type

OSMPBF Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

yes

circles

no

circular arc

no

donut polygon

yes

elliptical arc

no

ellipses

no

line

yes

none

no

point

yes

polygon

yes

raster

no

solid

no

surface

no

text

no

z values

no